Glareshield for vehicles



Aug. 17 1926.

G. H. BENNETT GLARESHIELD FOR VEHI CLES Filed Dec. 26. 1924 iNVENTdR Geo. H. B ennezf I ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 17, 1926;

UNITED STAT s PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE a. BENNETT, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLARESEIELD FOR VEHICLES.

Ap ilication flled December 26, 1924. Serial No. 758,081.

from the glare of light ahead and particu larly from the glare of lights from other automobiles.

The ob'ect' of my invention is to provide a glare s ield of the class specified which shall be simple in construction, ca able of read application to and removal rom the win shield of an automobile or other ,support, which may be readily adjusted to various positions before the driver and remain in set position, and which will not be liable to get out of order.

y invention comprises novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is' to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof,

wherein Fig. l is a front view illustrating my improved glare shield in position upon a wind shield;

Fig. 2 is an enlar ed detail view or my im roved glare shiel F Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 3, 3, in

F ig. at is a section on line 4, 4, in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail section;

Fig 5 is a detail of a rod;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating parts of my glare. shield in position for assemblage;

Fig. 7 is a front view fication;

' Fig. 8 is a section on line 8, ,8, in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a perspective detail of part of Fi i-g. 10 is a detail view of another modification; and Fig. 11 is a section on line 11, 11, in Fig. 10.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The lare shield 1 may be of any suitable 'materia such as celluloid, glass or analogous material, tinted or colored to be translucent and yet prevent the direct rays of artificial lights and of the sun from striking the eyes of the driver of an automobile or other vehicle. At 2 is indicated a suction cup of any well known variety and of illustrating a modi- \between the webs 4" such a character that when the glass 30f a wind shiel 'or other support the cup will adhere thereto by the suctional actlon, well known in the art. I provide mea forsupporting the glare shield 1 from the suctlon cup 2 in such a manner that the glare shield may be supressed against 'ported in any desired position relatively to the glass or other support 3 and may bev in such position upon the retained secureg pon the glare shield l I suction cup.

mount one or more retainers or clips 4 adapted to receive brackets or supports 5 which are spaced apart to receive there: between the hub or boss 2* that extends from the side of the suction cup 2 opposite its concave surface. The brackets 5 have holes 5* and the hub 2 has a corresponding hole 2 to register with the holes 5, whereby a rod or shaft 6 may be passed through the brackets and the hub 2 for connecting them. Therod 6 is threaded at its ends adapted to receive nuts 7, whereby the brackets 5 may be clamped against the hub 2. B preference the mid-portion of rod 6 is 0t angular shape, such as square portions threaded for the nuts 7. IThe hole 2 in hub 2 may be circular so that the hub may rotate on the squared portion of rod 6.

The hole, 5 in one or both of the brackets 5' preferably has the same angular shape as rod 6 to keep the rod from rotating when the suction cup or the rod is rotated relatively one to the other (Fig. 4). The nut 7 is preferably recessed to receive the angular end ortion of rod 6*. The rod 6 may be ed throughout, as The brackets 5 have laterally dispbsed. projections 5 adapted to fit slidably in guide-- ways or channels 4 in the upper portions of the retainer or clip 4.

The retainer or clip 4. with its channel or channels 4 maybe made by bending suitable relatively thin metal or other suitable material into desired shape, shown as substantially T-shape in cross section, providing webs 4 45 containing passageway or c annel 4 When the glare shield 1 is fitted in position of retainer 4. the latter may be secured to the glare shield by means of eyelets or rivets at 9, passing through the shield and corresponding holes 10 in the webs of the retainer, whereby the heads 4 indicated in Fig. '8.

(Fig. 4), with the end to which the lare shield 1 is attached and the transverse y dis sed head will be above or beyond the adjacent edge 1 k of the glare shield. The projections 5 of the brackets 5 fit slidably'in the guide modate any movement of the brackets required, whereby flexing of the brackets at their junction with the projections 5 is avoided. i

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 the retainer 4 may be in a single piece of material, the illustration showing the'webs 4 and two head portions 4 spaced apart at the intervening space 11 (Fig. 6). The length of the projections 5 respecting the wi th of space 11 is such that one bracket may be placed Within space 11 and its projection 5 slid into one of the guideways 4: toward placed inthe space 11, with its projection 5 extending in the direction opposite the first named projection, and the second named 1 projection -may correspondingly slide into the other guideway 4: towardthe corresponding head 4, whereby the brackets are spaced apart to receive the hub 2 of the suction cup therebetween. The space 11 may be formed by cutting out the appropriate .part of the blank fore the retainer is folded to. its final shape, or the material to form the space 11 may be cut away after the retainer has been folded.

In the form shown in 7, 8 and 9 the retainer is made in two parts, each part having a web 4 on one side to which the head 4 is attached providing the guideway or channel 4, as illustrated in Fig- 9. One of said retainer parts will be placed upon one side of glare shield 1, and the complemental retainer part lacedo'n the opposite side of the glare shie (1, said retainer parts being riveted together at- 9 and so fitted on the glare shield that their heads 4 will be spaced apart to provide space therebetween, corresponding to the space 11, to receive the brackets 5 therebetween with their projections 5 in the corresponding guide- Ways 4*, slidably disposed therein in the manner before described.

In the form shown in Figs. 10 and 11 two or more separate retainers may b provided, spaced apart, to receive the brackets 5,

said retainers each having spaced webs 4* glare shield 1 therebetween,

to receive the and providedwlth the heads' i having the guideways or channels 4 to receive the projections 5 of brackets 5 slidably, as before described. As shown in Fig. 10, three retainers 4 retain two pairs of brackets for two suction cups.

In the form I have illustrated the lower edge 1 of the glare shield extends at an edge 1 .from the tip in a direction at an obtuse angle with respect to the edge 1 The arrangement of the edges 1 1 of the glare shield is such that the driver may see ahead for a considerable distance the entire road under the edge 1 andhnay see the right hand side of the road the entire distance of ones vision under the edge 1", v which is obtained in eye focusing, so that the beginning of the edge 1 forms a half arch from the middle of the road. In so doing the perspective View of the road under the edges l and 1 of the glare shield is not obstructed to the visionof the driver, while at the same time he may so position his head as to havethe glare'shield a interposed between his eyes and brilliant the head r, and the other'bracket 5 may be lights alon the road to eliminate the glare from such. ights in his line of vision. :lhe same is of a vantage when driving against strong rays from the sun, such as when the sun is low in the heavens in the early morning or in the evening, or when hill cl1mb mg man automobile.

- My improved glare shield may be placed in any desired position upon a wind shield or other support, such as upon an automobile, railway ear, locomotive or the like, and may be used hanging, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or the glare shield may be turned horizontally or turned upwardlyvwhen not in use. In case the wind shield or window is open or partly open the glare shield may be adjusted any desired position respecting the wind shield or window. Since the brackets 5 are loosely supported by the re- 1 tainer the force applied 'in adjusting the glare shield from one position to another or in adjusting the nuts 7 to retain the glare shield with the desired friction 're-' specting the suction cup enables such move- .0

ments or adjustments without danger of' causing weakening or fracturing of the brackets at the folded connection with the projections 5".

Having now I claim is 1. A glare shield comprising a suction cup, brackets connected with the suction cup, and retaining means located adjacent to an described my invention what edge of the shield slidably connected with taining means attached to an edge of the shield, said retaining means having spaced guideways extending in the direction of said edge and respectively slidably receiving said projections.

l. A glare shield comprising a suction cup having a hub, a rod extending through the hub, brackets supported on the rod on opposite sides of the hub, nuts upon the rod to retain the brackets in frictional connection with the hub, said brackets having laterally disposed projections, and retaining means on the shield having guideways respectively receiving the last named projections.

5. A glare shield comprising a suction cup having a hub, brackets connected to said cup on opposite sides of the hub, and a retainer attached to the shield and having' spaced guideways along an edge of the shield receiving said projections;

6. A glare shleld comprising a suction cup having a hub, brackets connected to said cup on opposite sides of the hub, and a retainer having a web for attachment to .the shield, said web having a head provided with spaced guideways on opposite sides of the hub receiving said projections.

7. A glare shield comprising a suction cup, and means to attach the shield to the cup, said shield having a lower edge extending at an angle from the lower left" hand side in the direction of the right hand side, the right hand end portion of the shield having a lower edge extending in a direction toward the first named edge at an obtuse angle to the first named edge.

- GEORGE H. BENNETT. 

